Dhaka: India avenged their last edition title loss as they prevailed over Maldives 3-1 via penalty shootout in the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championships summit clash to claim their fifth crown here on Sunday.
After the match failed to produce any goal in the regulation and extra times, the match was decided in the penalty shoot out.
For India, who fielded an Under-23 side, Jibbon Singh, Denzil Franco and Subodh Kumar scored while Nirmal Chhetri missed the target.
India, who pocketed $50,000, had earlier won the title of the regional tournament in 1993, 1997, 1999 and 2005.
The Indian boys would also be proud of themselves as they did something which their full strength national senior side under captain Baichung Bhutia failed to do last year when
Maldives beat them 1-0 in the final.
After the match failed to produce any goal in the regulation and extra times, the match was decided in the penalty shoot out.
For India, who fielded an Under-23 side, Jibbon Singh, Denzil Franco and Subodh Kumar scored while Nirmal Chhetri missed the target.
India, who pocketed $50,000, had earlier won the title of the regional tournament in 1993, 1997, 1999 and 2005.
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The Indian boys would also be proud of themselves as they did something which their full strength national senior side under captain Baichung Bhutia failed to do last year when
Maldives beat them 1-0 in the final.
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